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You are the intern on a Perth paediatric ward. Over three weeks you admit four toddlers from the same remote community with extensive impetigo, and a fifth child from that community with acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Each is treated and goes home well. Talking to the families, you learn that most houses in the community have no working shower or laundry, that many of the children scratch all night, and that the same children have been admitted before. Which one of the following would do most to reduce further admissions from this community?
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